The writer on a rocent trip over the Jorest had his 

 attention called by a ru-njer to branches low down on the trees 

 on areso r-hore li~ht burning hd been practiced. He had ror'.:ed 

 out for himself by observation a (jood argument against light 

 burning by noting that the open forest, which is the result of 

 li Tht burning, hcc". trees rith branches nearly to the ground. 

 This affects the quality of the lumber T7hich can be obtained, 

 by roc'-.icin.fj the amount of clear len.Tth, and constitutes an ef- 

 fective argument in his nind against li^ht burning. This roan 

 vrrs innedi&tely sized up as not living by rulo-of-thurab, but 

 cs progressing elong the lines of scientific management, al- 

 though he perhaps htd never heard of that term. 



2. The second essential principle in workins in harmony. 

 This c'oes not mean that vre must agree ^'ith everybody or !omc!:le 

 dorn '"hen r:e bolievo -.:o f.re rl-'vt, Just to >oep pence. Every 

 rscn hr.c a ri-ht to his orn opinion, end is respected for it 

 rhen ho stctoc it in f. -entlemc.nl- manner. The I?orest Officer, 

 horever, "ho is a jra^ler, or is intolerant of other people's 

 viov:s honestly exfrosced, or r. f 'io is censorious of his* fellow 

 of -Cicero in cnc*. out of season, ic not only impairing his own 

 efficiency, but ha-rporin^ that of the rrholo force c.s rell. 



3. Cooperation, not InCividucliSia, it. vhct ^ots 'ohe 

 quiclzoet anc boot results. The Supervisor can do very little 

 without the Cull cooperation of his mon. All or ua ot.n do 

 raoro tov/crdc in-orovln^ ourfiolvee end our chosen work by lend- 

 in 7 our shoulder a to the wheel c- little more and not standing 

 on ono aide with ideas of how rmoh bettor we could do the work 

 if ro did it elone. 



The valuo of cooperation ra.8 aanly demonstrated on 

 thia i'orcst this fire 2 arson v.'hen every loolrout men, ~>etrol- 



-. r.ne ranrror cooperate'' with the office in dealing with the 

 fire ^roolono. Th a ie the hind of cooperation we want in all 

 lines of i'orest activity. 



4. A nan has the Tret-toot respect for himself who does 

 ell that he is capable o^ doin^ the best he can every day. 

 Vory often the tendency ia to ;out off work until tomorrow 

 vhl^ch could bo done totVcy. '..o never Jcnow in the forest Ser- 

 vice vhi t J ;he morrow will brin^ -."orth. LLany tines there are 

 mattora vhich could easily be attended to at the time they 

 corse up -.7ith tho expenditure of very little surplus energy 

 which are indefinitely delayed by circumstances that could not 

 be foreseen. In business terms, we are often guilty of a 

 restricted output, which results in waste of tine anc? effort 

 to everyone concerned 1 .. The concciousneBS that we are doin^r 

 tho ooot re can should bo sufficient regard for the effort 

 expended. 



